Just thought you might be interested in the furore on social media the past day or so.

Excellent Irish writer Megan Nolan wrote a piece for Vice dealing with some of Leo’s recent public appearances:

As is par for course at this point, two councillors tied to our valiant protectors against violence and internet bullying…proceeded to mock her supposed mental health issues because they didn’t like the content of the article, and its criticism of our Dear Leader….

This sort of reply annoys me. Its as if for certain posters, if you are not 100% critical of FG/FF/Labour, you are just a shill for them. They are so correct that any possible opinion which differs from theirs could only possibly come from said political party. Its student union type stuff.

It’s not about being 100% critical, but dismissing an alternative opinion about the ruling party out of hand just reeks of FG shilling. The global selling of Leo as the gay son of an immigrant has been bought wholesale. Those of us in Ireland know Leo’s deeply conservative streak cancels out any positivity that can bring..

Rubbish. The idea that you are not allowed to dismiss an article just because it is about the ruling party without being accused of being a shill is exceptionally narrow minded. It is not very good but neither is Leo. I am able to hold these two views. Do you agree with every article which is critical of Leo regardless of its content? By your own logic, to dismiss an alternative opinion about the ruling party out of hand just reeks of FG shilling.

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Where did the writer do that again? LOL… in fairness, she did no such thing Daisy.

The writer rambled off an ad hominem about someone they don’t like, and so personalized it, and then wrote about it in some manner of assumed victimhood, as can be presumed from their claimed “shame”.
The writer collectiveises this shame as if the writer spoke for anyone but their own self, now assuming to speak of a collective “insecurity” which is just more of this victimhood claptrap the writer themselves are immersed in.

Agree with her 100% on the cringeworthy performances of LV. Not so much on other elements, but her views are entirely reasonable. Nothing extreme and a perfectly acceptable part of a a balanced discussion.

Defensiveness of FG about LV suggests they fear we’re all seeing through the hype.

That it’s a reflection of a national malaise of self confidence? Nope.

National embarrassment? Depends.

It’s a clear indication that Varadkar is a bit of an eejit, and a bizarrely enthusiastic fan of a pretty poopy film. But he’s been public about his love of ‘Love Actually’ for at least a decade. We all have to have a hobby. Impact on my life? Zilch. YMMV.

Such a joyless petty view of things… and sure play the man while you’re at it. ‘Twould nearly give ya the creeps, the salivating judgementality of it…

laughable dross…

” The video of Varadkar is genuinely difficult for me as an Irish person to sit through. Partly this is because of his voice – he has a voice particular to a specific subset of well-to-do Dubliners, nasal and droning, inextricably associated with deck shoes and nightclubs with table service and habitual embezzling. But largely it’s how familiar the whole miserable dynamic is: the Irish politician doing some half-hearted clowning for his perceived betters, desperate as a bullied kid to just be liked no matter what it takes.

Almost as painful to watch was Varadkar’s tryst with Justin Trudeau this month. Meeting PM in Dublin, Varadkar gave a nod to the Canadian Prime Minister’s love of “quirky” hosiery, revealing that he was wearing novelty mounty socks in a hideous bromance-seeking peep show. ”

Her article is rambling, narcissistic rubbish. Her Facebook friends profile has the usual SJW contingent and various bitter malcontents from the Irish left. The two FG councillors are effectively being bullied on Twitter. Plus ca change.

” The longer Ireland continues in this way, allowing ourselves to exist as an embodiment of other nations’ projections, the less real we eventually will become materially, clapping and jigging and gee-whiz-begorrah-ing our way into a state of perpetual objectification. ”

Says the writer in a piece on Catholic Ireland’s, son of a Hindu father, a son of an immigrant, and who is our gay Taoiseach….

When you describe how the Taoiseach has a “sh*t-eating ingratiating grin” and all you’re really setting the scene for is a large group of people being offended. You don’t need to be smart to realise that. Her twitter feed is currently amounting to her saying “f*ck off I don’t need to listen to your opinion” to a lot of people, which is nice.

Some people might do better if they could stop and think for a minute….

The hypocrasy of two nannys for the state censorship program….

A lot of the Vice articles comments by the author have been articulated and highlighted by many other Irish people, many times before and about many previous Taosigh… perhaps there is a pattern some of you are not seeing?